Union undergarment.



PatentedSept. 19,1916.

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JAMES THORNTON, 0F HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION UNDEBGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 31%.6.

Application filed December 7, 1915. Serial No. 65,455.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES M. THORNTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harrisburg, county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Union Undergarments, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanyin drawings, which form a part of thisspecification. 3

The object of my invention is to provide a union suit, more particularlyadapted for womens underwear, in which provision is made for a greatdegree of elasticity in the hip portion and which possesses otheradvantages which will be apparent from the following description of theaccompanying illustration of a preferred embodiment of my invention inwhich- Figure l is a front view of the garment. Fig. 2 is a rear view ofthe garment. Fig. 3 is a diagram of the.waist or body portion beforeattachment to the leg portion. Figs.

4 and 5 are diagrams of the respective leg portions.

The garment is made, as heretofore, of three parts, sewed together inthe region of the hips and waist, namely, a bust ,or waist portion a andtwo tubular leg portions 2) and 0. In my invention, the lower edge d ofthe waist extends straight across in the front, while at the rear theedge is of angular form, the same extending upwardly from the sides tothe center, thereby forming an angle whose apex is at the top and Whosesides 6 and f open downwardly.

Each leg portion consists of a tube the upper edge ofwhich is sewedtothe waist along its straight horizontal front edge d from the side to alittle beyond its center, and along its inclined front edge e or 7''from the same side to the apex of the angle and also to the body of thewaist along a horizontal line 9 or k extending from said angle. apextoward,. but terminating short of, the opposite side of the garment.Each tube is cut away at its inner side downwardly from the end of itsrear edge and from the end of the front edge to a point 2' a substantialdistance below the latter. Thus one leg portion overlaps the the frontand very considerably at the back,

in such manner as to afford a secure closure It will be noted that thewaist along its opposite sides extends over the hip portion of thegarment and. that it is free of any seam or attachment to the legportion which would tend to decrease its natural elasticity.

which may, however, readily be opened.

In other words, at the front of the garment,

the seam d between the waist and the tubular legs and which extendsstraight across the.

garment is below the hip portion, while at the rear the straighthorizontal seam g h uniting the upper edge of the tubular legs to thewaist extends only across the central portion of the rear of thegarment. Thus opposite sides of the garment in the region of the hipsare free to expand to the limit of elasticity of the material of whichthe garment is made.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is! v A union undergarment comprising a waisthaving at the front a straight horizontal. lower edge at a relativelylow level between opposite sides of the garment and an angular rear edgeextending upwardly from opposite sides of the garment toward the centerthereof with the apex of the angle at a relatively high level, and twooverlapping tubular leg portions each of which is sewed at the frontfrom one side of the garment along a part of the lower edge of the.waist and at the rear from the same side of the gar ment along oneinclined edge of the waist and thence along the body of the waisttoward, but terminating substantially short of, the opposite side of thegarment.

In testimony of which invention, I have other, slightly at hereunto setmy hand, at Harrisburg, Pa,

on this 3rd day of December, 1915.

JAMES M. THORNTON. Witness:

LEO E. CAnRoLL.

